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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4W-11037

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements there are for the independent monitoring of (a) quality control and (b) hygiene regulation in vaccine manufacturing establishments.

There is a legal requirement for National Competent Authorities (NCAs) to supervise all manufacturers of pharmaceutical products, which includes vaccines, for human and veterinary use. This supervision is achieved by the initial and periodic re-inspection (and where necessary, unannounced inspections) of all manufacturing sites to determine whether they meet the required standards (good manufacturing practice.

Where this standard is met an authorisation to manufacture is granted. For human medicinal products manufactured in the UK, the NCA is the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency which has put in place robust procedures to ensure that it discharges its responsibilities in an independent manner.

Question reference: S4W-11034

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to ensure that the recall of certain batches of Infanrix Hexa has no impact on children in Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-11075

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what scientific evidence it has considered in relation to setting minimum distances of wind farms from housing.

The Scottish Government has not set a minimum distance between housing and wind farms. Paragraph 190 of Scottish Planning Policy states ‘A separation distance of up to 2km between areas of search and the edge of cities, towns and villages is recommended to guide developments to the most appropriate sites and to reduce visual impact, but decisions on individual developments should take into account specific local circumstances and geography.’

Question reference: S4W-11076

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has a duty of care to residents who have poor health as a result of inappropriately situated wind farms.

Question reference: S4W-11035

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many batches of Infanrix Hexa have been withdrawn in Scotland and what information it has about the rest of UK.

Question reference: S4W-11074

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the ETSU-R-97 spatial regulation on wind farm deployments and housing, in light of recently published studies on the effects of wind farms on health.

Question reference: S4W-11058

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what companies received funding from the Scottish Investment Bank in 2011-12, broken down by (a) region and (b) amount provided.

Question reference: S4W-11057

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the criteria are for receiving funding from the Scottish Investment Bank.

Question reference: S4F-01003

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2012

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to ensure that the 2014 Year of Homecoming is a success.

Question reference: S4W-10858

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what capital investment projects, that it has funded, are underway in Mid Scotland and Fife and what the (a) completion date and (b) cost is of each project.

An outline of capital investment projects currently underway in the Mid Scotland and Fife region which, are funded or part funded by the Scottish Government is included in the following table.

Project Name	Capital Value (£m)	Estimated Completion
Forth Replacement Crossing	1450-1600	December 2016
A9 Dualling Perth to Inverness	1500-3000	December 2025
Halbeath Park & Ride, Fife	10	October 2013
Auchmuty High School, Fife ¹	30	August 2013
St. John's / Claremont Primary School, Clackmannanshire ¹	8.5	August 2014
Invergowrie Primary, Perth & Kinross ¹	6.5	September 2013
Riverside Primary, Stirling ¹	3.5	August 2013
Craigbank Primary School, Clackmannanshire ²	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
New Secondary School to replace Buckhaven and Kirkland High Schools, Fife ²	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
New Secondary School, Perth & Kinross ²	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
St Ninian’s Primary School, Stirling ²	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Glenwood Health Centre, Fife	6	January 2014
Tayside Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit, Perth	9	April 2014
Affordable Housing Provision ³	15	2013-14

Notes

1. These schools form part of Phase 1 and 2 of the Scottish Government’s
£1.25 billion ‘Scotland’s Schools for the Future School Building Programme’.

2. These schools form part of Phase 3 of the Scottish Government’s £1.25 billion ‘Scotland’s Schools for the Future School Building Programme’ which was announced on 26 September 2012. Detailed planning and design is still to be undertaken for each school and the capital value and completion dates are still subject to confirmation.

3. The £15m relates to current Scottish Government investment in affordable housing through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) within the Mid Scotland and Fife area which has been approved and which is underway.

Note also that the Scottish Government has given Fife Council approval to develop proposals for its Energy Park Project (£17m) by way of Tax Incremental Financing and the council is currently working with the Scottish Futures Trust to develop a full business case for Ministers’ consideration.